Machine for packing cube-sugar in boxes



(No ModeL) 1 F. G. HERSEY 82; H. D. WINTON..

MAGHINE FOR PACKING CUBE SUGAR IN BOXES.

No; 351,770. v I Patented Nov. 2, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

FRANCIS O. HERSEY AND HENRY D. WINTON, OF \VELLESLEY, ASSIGNORS TOHERSEY BROTHERS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR PACKlNG CUBE-SUGARIN BOXES.

SPECIFICATION Forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,770, dated November 2, 1886.

Application filed March 36. 1886. Serial No. 196,646. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FRANcIs O. HnRsnY and HENRY D. WINTON, both of Wellesley, in the county of- Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, citizens of the United States,;havc invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Packing Cube-Sugar in Boxes, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in explaining its nature.

In an application of even date herewith we have described a machine for packing cubesugar in compact layers in cases and boxes, which consists, essentiallynof a movable box or case holder and a series of devices for collecting or moving the cubes of sugar held upon the plates placed in a portion or section of the box or case closely together, the sandboxholder being moved by hand.

Our present invention comprises devices for moving the boxholder automatically in rela= tion to the collectors.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l represents a plan view of our improved machine, various positions of the box holder and the automatic devices for moving the same being shown by dotted lines. elevation. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detail views illustrating the construction of the operating mechanism, reference to which is hereinafter made.

The box-holder A is like that described in our said application, (Case A.) It has a backward-extending arm or bar, (1, having along slot, a, which receives the guiding-pin (1?, secured to the table B to project upward there- Y from. There is also arranged upon the side of the box-holder a plate, a which may form a part of the bar or arm a, and which has a slot, a, which receives a pin, a. This pin is fastened or secured to a traveling rack, a, to project upward therefrom into the slot, and the rack is movable in the long slot b, formed in the table B. The rack is moved or reciprocated by means of the pinion O on the shaft 0, the bevel-gear c at the end of said shaft 0, the bevel-gear 0* on the counter-shaft c, which meshes With the bevel-gear c, and which carries the loose pulleys D D and the fast pulley D. The collectors E are like those'descriloed Fig. 2 is a right sidein our said application, and the box-holder has an adjustable guide, 6, which is arranged to be brought in contact with the guidingsurface 6 of thearm E. As the machine is organ- 5 5 ized the box-holder is automatically stopped at the end of its forward movement, and also at the end of the return movement, and this is accomplished by means of a belt-shifter, F, carried at the end of the arm f, adapted to slide in suitable bearings attached to the under surface of the frame of the machine, and which is moved to move the forwarding-belt D from the fast pulley D to the loose pulley D at the end of the forward movement of the 5 box-holder, by means of the bellcrank lever f pivoted atf one end of the lever entering a -slot in the end of the slide-barf and the other end of the lever projecting beneath the rackbar a, andso as to be in line with the pin f which is made adjustable upon or in the rackbar. This pin, upon coming in contact with the lever, moves the belt-shifter F, causing it to ship the belt from the pulley D to the loose pulley D. The shipper-bar is also adapted to 7 5 be moved by the rod f, extending from the end of the slide-bar f to the side of the machine, and this bar is used to move the belts from the loose pulleys to the fast pulley when ever it is desired to start the machine. the backward or return movement of the box holder the pinf comes in contact with the lever f and automatically causes the belt then operating to be shipped or moved from the fast pulley D upon the loose pulley D. The 8 5 movement of the barf by the rod f brings the lever f into a position to be operated by one of the pinsff according to the direction of the movement of the box-holder.

In operation, a section of the box or case, 0

comprising the bottom, side, and end, are placed in the box-holder, and a drier-plate with the cubes of sugarthereonplaced in the box. The machine is then set in operation, and the rack-bar caused to be moved forward. 9 5 This causes the box-holder to turn upon the pivot a until it is turned to the position rep resented by dotted lines in Fig. 1, when it is moved forward by the rack, being guided in said forward movement by the guiding-slot a and the guiding-surface 6. At the end of the forward movement the machine is automatic- Upon 8o ally stopped by the beltshifter moving the operating-belt from the fast pulley to one of the loose pulleys. To return the box to its original position the other belt is moved from its loose pulley'npon the fast pulley by the beltshifter, and the movement of the rack-bar is reversed, and also that of the holder, and it is returned to its original position and is automatical] y stopped by the belt-shifter throwing the operating-belt from the fast pulley to the loose pulley.

\Ve would say that it is not essential during the loading of the box or until the plates are withdrawn that the box he stopped at the end of the forward movement, and an automatic mechanism for automatically reversing the movement of the box-holder may be employed, ifdesired.

\Ve would also say that we do not confine ourselves to the especial means for automatically moving the box-holder herein described, but may use in lieu anyrnechanical equivalent for providing the box-holder with an automatic movement to and from the collector.

XVe would further say that the collector may be moved automatically to and from the boxholder, which may be stationary or which may be moved automatically to meet the movement of the collector.

We would further say that the device can be used for collecting and packing other material than cubes of sugar, and that we therefore do not confine it to that use alone.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. The combination, in a cube-sugar-packing machine, of a box-holder and means for automatically moving it to and from the collector, substantially as described.

2. In a cube-sugar-packing machine, aboxholder adapted to be moved automatically to the cube-collector, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a cube-sugar-packing machine, of a box-holder, a collector, and means for moving the box-holder automatically from a position where it receives the sugar to the collector, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a table for supporting the box-holder and the collector, said boxholder, a rack carried thereby, an arm having a guiding recess or slot, a pin or stud, cf, the plate at, having the slot a, and pin a and a pinion-adapted to engage said rack, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a table or support, a box-holder, a collector, devices for automatically moving the box-holder to the collector and for guiding it during said movement, and mechanism for stopping the movement of the operating mechanism at the end of the forward movement of the box, for the purposes described.

, 6. The combination of a table or support, a box-holder carried thereby, a collecting device, mechanism for automatically moving the box-holder to the collectingdevice,and devices for automatically stopping the action of said mechanism at the end of the backward or reverse movement of the box-holder, substantially as described.

FRANCIS O. HERSEXQ HENRY D. XVINTON. Witnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 20, .T. M. 130mm. 

